RODRIGUEZ-COTO

Citations

• 19 I. & N. Dec. 208

Syllabus

RODRIGUEZ-COTO, 19 I&N Dec. 208 (BIA 1985) ID 2985 (PDF) (1) The phrases \particularly serious crime\ and \serious non-political crime\ in sections 243(h)(2)(B) and (C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1253(h)(2)(B) and (C) (1982), respectively, cannot be interpreted in a manner that would vary dependent on the nature of the evidence of persecution an alien introduces. (2) The modifiers \particularly serious\ and \serious\ in sections 243(h)(2)(B) and (C) of the Act relate only to the nature of the crime itself.